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2001

2002

February - PIX
March - Baird Jones
April - Channel J
May - U68
June - Alexander's
July - No Se Appoye Contra La Puerta
August - Take the Train to the Plane
September - Preppie Murder
October - Phillipe Petit
November - DJ NO X MEN TESS
December - Marc Ballroom

February - The
Fun's on Channel 5
March - Hurricane Gloria
April - Oh Calcutta!
May - Larry's Ices
June - Unique Boutique
July - The Meadow
August - At the Nevele
September - The Saint
November - QB/RR
December - How'm I Doin?

February - Albert Merrill School
March - The Automat
April - Cugines and Cugettes
May - Great Bear
June - Fudgie the Whale (or "To a Whale of a Dad")
October - Flip
November - Plato's RetreatDecember - COST REVS

February - PIX
March - Jou Jou Jeans
April - Raceway Park!
May - Woolworth
June - The Pier
October - The Marquee
December - Max's Kansas City

2013

2014

February - PIX
March - "The Eyes, the ears, the honest voice of New York, the Daily News"
June - Dojo
October - "San Giorgio"
(or sing the 1983 jingle: "New York loves San Giorgio, the great spaghetti, in the great spaghetti town"
November - Lou Reed (RIP)
December - B. Altman

February - PIX
May - The Roxy
October - Can We tawk?
December - Robin Byrd

2016 February - PIX
March - Trash and Vaudeville
May - Prince
November - Stella D'Oro
December - How'm I Doin? (reprise after the election)

SEPTEMBER 2009 Madison Square Garden Quiz

The Olympic team event known as the "Madison" is named after the first Madison Square Garden and features what prominent sport of that arena?
a) Boxing b) Cycling c) Hula Hooping d) JavelinAnswer: b) Cycling

In 1905 famed architect Stanford White, designer of the second Madison Square Garden, died atop his own creation. How did he die?
a) Suicide by jumping b) A fall during construction, breaking his neck c) Struck by lightning d) Shot by the jealous husband of a former loverAnswer: d) Shot by the jealous husband of a former lover

Boxing has been one of Madison Square Garden's biggest attractions since its early days. Place these Garden legacies in chronological order, from oldest to newest:
Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, John L. Sullivan, Rocky MarcianoAnswer: John L. Sullivan, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali

Manhattan's Madison Square Park area was home to the first (1876-1889) and second (1890-1925) Madison Square Gardens. Madison Square Park is widely believed to be the birthplace of what sport?
a) Skateboarding b) Synchronized swimming c) Baseball d) BocceAnswer: c) Baseball

MAY 2009 "ABC Bea Arthur Quiz"

Bea Arthur's character Maude first appeared on what tv sitcom?Answer:"All in the Family"

MARCH 2009 Former Clubs of NYC Quiz
Match the former NYC club (noted by numbers 1-13) with its location (noted by letters
a-m).
Disclaimer: Some clubs had more than one location, but the one in the quiz is generally the most recognized address.

What museum facing Central Park is used as the backdrop for the high school on Gossip Girl?
a) New-York Historical Society b) Museum of Modern Art c) Museum of the City of New York d) Whitney Museum of American ArtAnswer: c) Museum of the City of New York

Stuyvesant High School, named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New York (then known as New Netherland), was known for all the following except what:
a) a wooden leg b) his anti-Semitic and anti-Quaker views c) being a direct ancestor to singer Rufus Wainwright d) being born with three nipplesAnswer: d) being born with three nipples

What was the fictional NYC high school on Welcome Back Kotter?
a) James Buchanan b) James Madison c) John Jay d) John F. KennedyAnswer: a) James Buchanan

What 2005 documentary follows NYC public school kids on their journey to the citywide ballroom dancing competition?Answer: Mad Hot Ballroom

What Brooklyn High School on Flatbush Avenue, built in 1787, and the first public school building in the United States to be designated a Federal Landmark, includes the following groovy people on its list of alumni: Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Don Most (Ralph Mouth on Happy Days), Bernie Koppel (Doc Bricker on Love Boat), Clive Davis, Bobbie Fisher, Mae West, Beverly Sills, Joseph Barbera (of cartoon Hanna-Barbera fame)?
a) Midwood b) Erasmus b) Forest Hills d) Samuel J. TildenAnswer: b) Erasmus

What all boys' school is the oldest independent school in United States, founded in 1628 by the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church?
a) Dalton b) Collegiate c) Hewitt d) McBurneyAnswer: b) Collegiate

Which of the following schools in not located in the Fieldston section of the Bronx?
a) Fieldston b) Horace Mann c) Riverdale d) Friends SeminaryAnswer: d) Friends Seminary

Which two schools began as female only schools and are now coeducational?
a) Chapin b) Hunter c) Packer Collegiate d) Saint Ann'sAnswer: b) Hunter and c) Packer Collegiate

Extra Credit:

What Manhattan high school was known as the "Castle on the Hill"?Answer: Music and Art

Carole and Paula from the original "Magic Garden" TV show went to what highly ranked public Brooklyn high school?Answer: Midwood

Place the following schools in chronological order of when they admitted girls:
Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, De Witt ClintonAnswer: Bronx Science (1946), Stuyvesant (1969), Brooklyn Tech (1970), De Witt Clinton (1983)

JUNE 2008 NYC SONGS - FILL IN THE BLANKS

“Arthur’s Theme (Best that You Can Do)" sung by Christopher Cross
“Once you get caught between the _______ and New York City”Answer: moon

"59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy)" by Simon and Garfunkel
“Slow down you move too fast. You got to morning last just kickin down the _______, looking for fun and feeling groovy.”Answer: cobblestones

“Summer in the City” by The Lovin Spoonful
“Hot town, summer in the city, back of my _______ getting dirty and gritty.”Answer: neck

“Christmas in Hollis” by Run D.M.C.
“It’s Christmas time in Hollis Queens, mom’s cooking chicken and _______”Answer: collard greens

“Boy from New York City” by the Ad Libs/Manhattan Transfer
“He’s really down, and he’s no clown. He has the finest _______ I’ve ever seen in town.”Answer: penthouse

“Frank Mills” from the musical Hair“I met a boy called Frank Mills, on September twelfth right here, in front of the _______”Answer: Waverly

“Livin La Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin
“Woke up in New York City in a funky cheap hotel. She took my heart and she took my _______, she must’ve slipped me a sleeping pill.”Answer: money

“Give my regards to Broadway” by George M. Cohan
“Give my regards to Broadway, remember me to _______!” Tell all the gang at Forty Second street that I will soon be there.”Answer: Herald Square

“New York, New York” from the musical On the Town
“New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down. The people ride in a hole in the _______”Answer: ground

“Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel
“Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat. At night he becomes a bartender. He works at Mister _______ down on Sullivan Street, across from the medical center.”Answer:Cacciatore's

Extra Credits:

“I Am I Said” by Neil Diamond
“Well, I'm New York City born and raised. But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores.
LA's fine, but it ain't home. New York's home but it ain't _______ no more."Answer: mine

“No Sleep til Brooklyn” by the Beastie Boys
"Ain't seen the light since we started this band. M.C.A. - get on the mic my man. Born and bred Brooklyn _______. They all me Adam Yauch - but I'm M.C.A."Answer: U.S.A.

“Downtown Train” by Tom Waits
“The downtown trains are full with all those Brooklyn girls, they try so hard to break out of their little _______”Answer: worlds

“Native New Yorker” by Odyssey
"You grew up ridin' the subways, running with people. Up in Harlem, down on _______"Answer: Broadway

NOVEMBER
2007 OLD TIMEY NYC BASEBALL QUIZ

Match the
baseball player (noted by numbers 1-4) to his NYC team (noted
by letters a-d):

1.
Jackie Robinson
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Keith Hernandez
4. Willie Mays

a.
Mets
b. Yankees
c. Giants
d. Dodgers

Answer:1-d,
2-b, 3-a, 4-c

The Baby
Ruth candy bar was not actually named after baseball player Babe
Ruth; it was named after Ruth, the daughter of what president?
a) Herbert Hoover b) FDR c) Grover Cleveland d) Walter MondaleAnswer:c)
Grover Cleveland

The song
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game," by New Yorkers Al Von
Tilzer and Jack Norworth, was written in what year?
a) 1888 b) 1908 c) 1938 d) 1958Answer:b)
1908

The vicinity
of what park is widely accepted (but not definitively recognized
to be the birthplace of baseball (Alexander Cartwright formed
the first baseball club, the New York Knickerbockers, there in
the 1840s)?
a) Madison Square Park b) Pelham Park c) Bryant Park d) Needle
ParkAnswer:a)
Madison Square Park

In what fateful
year did both the Giants and the Dodgers move to California?
a) 1922 b) 1940 c) 1957 d) 1962Answer:c)
1957

Shea Stadium
has temporarily been home to all of the following teams except
...?
a) Jets b) Yankees c) Giants d) KnicksAnswer:d)
Knicksside note: Yankees played at Shea in 1974-75 while Yankees
Stadium was being renovated, and again in 1998 when a piece of
concrete fell at Yankee Stadium

Which of
the following was not a New York City baseball team?
a) Highlanders b) Cubans c) Metropolitans d) Red StockingsAnswer:d)
Red Stockings

Born George
Herman Ruth in Maryland, Babe Ruth was known by which TWO of the
following nicknames?
a) Bambino b) Candy Man c) The Bat Man d) Sultan of SwatAnswer:a)
and d) - Bambino and Sultan of Swat

Ebbets Field
(home of the Brooklyn Dodgers), torn down in 1957, is now home
to what?
a) PC Richards and Son b) Housing Projects c) Museum of Stickball
(MoS) d) Western BeefAnswer: b) Housing Projects

Yogi Berra
was a...?
a) Catcher for the Yankees b) Manager of the Yankees c) Catcher
for the Mets d) Manager of the Mets e) All of the aboveAnswer: e) All of the above

Extra Credit:
What is the name of the disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's
Disease?Answer: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS

The first
Labor Day Parade was held in 1882, when 30,000 workers demonstrated
in Union Square for what?
a) an eight-hour workday b) increased child labor age c) increased
minimum wage d) casual FridaysAnswer:a)
an eight-hour workday

The West
Indian American Parade is held every year on what holiday? Answer: Labor Day

The
National Puerto Rican Day Parade started in 1995; the Puerto Rican
Day Parade in New York City began in what year?
a) 1958 b) 1967 c) 1977 d) 1987Answer:
a) 1958

The first
Macy's Day Parade was held on Thanksgiving Day in 1924 and was
called what?
a) Macy’s Floats and Treats Parade b) Macy’s American
Discovery Parade c) Macy’s Maize Day Parade d) Macy's Christmas
Day ParadeAnswer:d)
Macy's Christmas Day Parade

Macy's is
the world's second largest consumer of helium. Who is the first?
a) The United States government b) b) M.I.T. c) the burnouts from
your high school d) the Good Year BlimpAnswer:a) The United States government

Queens born
Fran Drescher plays the character Bobbi Fleckman in what 1983
Rob Reiner movie?Answer: "This is Spinal Tap"

Harlem born
Sammy Davis Jr. was a member of Hollywood’s “The Rat
Pack,” which included all of the following except whom?
a) Frank Sinatra b) Dean Martin c) Jerry Lewis d) Joey BishopAnswer:c)
Jerry Lewis

NYC born
Carly Simon won the 1988 Academy Award for best song for “Let
the River Run,” for what movie about a Staten Islander who
moves up the corporate ladder?Answer:"Working
Girl"

A December 2005 "Saturday Night Live" skit featured
a cartoon with the song “Christmastime for the Jews,”
sung by what Phil Spector produced singer?
a) Darlene Love b) Lesley Gore c) Lisa Loeb d) Dame EdnaAnswer:a)
Darlene Love

Extra Credit:
Bea Arthur, born Bernice Frankel in NYC, played Dorothy on the
“Golden Girls” – name the other 3 characters.Answer:Sophia, Rose, Blanche

MARCH
2007 POTPOURRI QUIZ

The Tudor
City housing complex in midtown Manhattan faces the UN building,
built in the 1920s with very few windows facing the site. What
was in the site of the UN before the UN was built?
a) Fish Markets b) Brothels c) Horse slaughterhouses d) Duane
Reade corporate headquartersAnswer:c)
Horse slaughterhouses

The first
lights were used atop the Empire State Building in 1932–
a searchlight reaching 50 miles – to celebrate the election
of which president?Answer: FDR

What comedic
actor/director was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in 1935?Answer: Woody Allen

On “The
Odd Couple,” two actors played played Felix’s son
Leonard. The first was “Eight is Enough” and “Charles
in Charge” star Willie Aames, and the second became a 70s
teen sensation, who was later featured in an unsettling VH1 “Behind
the Music.” Who was he?
a) Shaun Cassidy b) David Cassidy c) Leif Garrett d) Donny OsmondAnswer: c) Leif Garrett

What is the
only direct east/west transverse for cars that actually goes through
Central Park, alongside park goers? (I officially remove this
question and everyone gets it right because it was improperly
worded - my apologies!)
a) 59th Street b) 72nd Street c) 96th Street d) 110th StreetAnswer: b) 72nd Street or c) 96th Street - depending on
how you read the question

In what Greenwich
Village bar did poet Dylan Thomas down his last shot of alcohol
before staggering outside, falling into a coma at the Chelsea
Hotel and dying at St. Vincent’s Hospital?
a) Dorian’s b) Cedar Tavern d) The Old Town d) Whitehorse
TavernAnswer: d) Whitehorse Tavern

What is
not one of the former names of the Brooklyn Dodgers?
a) Brooklyn Draft Dodgers b) Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers c) Brooklyn
Bridegrooms d) Brooklyn SuperbasAnswer: a) Brooklyn Draft Dodgers

In what
year were the five boroughs annexed to form New York City?
a) 1825 b) 1860 c) 1898 d) 1912Answer: c) 1898

Extra Credit
for those who went to PS 59 in the 70s and 80s ...
Who was the ancient head of the cafeteria, with granny glasses
on a chain and polyester pant suits?Answer: Violet (Vi) Desamonis (sp?)

FEBRUARY
2007 EARLY DAYS QUIZ

Margaret
Sanger Square on Bleecker Street, east of Lafayette, is named
for the woman famous for founding what?
a) Ms. Magazine b) The Sanger Sewing Machine Company c) Planned
Parenthood d) The first sangeria barAnswer: c) Planned Parenthood

Before Giuliani,
who was the last Republican Mayor of NYC?
a) John Lindsay b) Abe Beame c) Fiorello LaGuardia d) Mayor of
Munchkin CityAnswer: a) John Lindsay

"The
Facts of Life" was a spinoff of "Diff'rent Strokes."
Edna Garrett left the employ of the Drummond household to become
the housemother at what school?
a) Eastland Academy b) Polniaczek Prep c) Blaire Boarding School
d) Tootie Technical InstituteAnswer: a) Eastland Academy

When you
hear "The Central Park temperature is...," that temperature
is being monitored by a U.S. Weather Service station in what location?
a) The reservoir b) Belvedere Castle c) Tavern on the Green d)
Grand Army PlazaAnswer: b) Belvedere Castle

1970 marked
the first Earth Day. It was also the first year for what monumental
NYC athletic event, with 127 participants?Answer: The NYC Marathon

Extra Credit
for those who went to JHS 104 in the 70s and 80s (maybe the 90s
too) ...
Who was the woodshop teacher at JHS 104? Answer: Mr. Ames

DECEMBER
2006 NYC FOOD QUIZ

Match the
food (noted by numbers 1-6) with the neighborhood where one would
commonly find the food (noted by letters a-f):

Fill in the
blank for this slogan from Katz's Deli: “Send a ____________
to your boy in the army”
a) Pastrami b) Salami c) Bologna d) YarmulkeAnswer: b) Salami

Egg creams
were often served with what side treat (though I sadly haven't
gotten this with an egg cream in over 15 years):
a) Taffy b) Pretzel rod c) Black licorice d) Peanuts Answer: b) Pretzel rod

Which of
the following Chinese dishes, loosely translated from Cantonese
as "odds and ends," was actually invented in NYC, and
will not generally be found in an authentic Chinese restaurant:
a) Chop Suey b) Lo Mein c) Spring Roll d) Fried Rice Answer: a) Chop Suey

Which of
the following candies was not invented in NYC?
a) Tootsie Roll b) Chunky c) Mike and Ikes d) Charleston ChewAnswer: d) Charleston Chew

What Spanish
alcoholic punch was first tasted by the American public at the
1964 NYC World's Fair Spanish Pavillion? Answer: Sangria

Which of
the following mafia movie was set in NYC?
a) "The Untouchables" b) "Casino" c) "Goodfellas"
d) "Scarface"Answer:c)
"Goodfellas"

The construction
of what major complex in Manhattan was delayed for the filming
of “West Side Story”?Answer: Lincoln Center

An original
title for the play “West Side Story” was “East
Side Story” about racial tension on the Lower East Side.
It was changed with the influx of Puerto Rican immigrants in the
1950s. In the original version, the love story/racial tension
was between a Jewish boy and a girl of what ethnicity?
a) German b) Irish c) African American d) Chinese Answer:b)
Irish

In the 1968
film “Rosemary’s Baby,” their apartment building
- “The Bramford” - is actually what famous building
on the Upper West Side?Answer: The Dakota

Times Square
was named when the NY Times Building was erected in 1904. Before
that, the area was known as?
a) Theatre Square b) Longacre Square c) Wino Square d) Hiptobe
SquareAnswer: b) Longacre Square

Extra Credit:
What Broadway show was known as” the world's longest running
erotic stage musical,” playing 5959 shows from 1976-1989? Answer:"Oh Calcutta"

Extra Credit:
True or Not False?
At JHS 104 in the early 80s, Lori Berenson, a political prisoner
in Peru since 1995, played Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar”
and Mame in “Auntie Mame.” More information about
Lori at: www.freelori.orgAnswer: True

Extra Credit:
True or Sad but True?
Due to false rumors of a gas leak at my junior high school, JHS
104, the auditorium closed, causing the loss of precious rehearsal
time, and our production of “West Side Story” was
cancelled and replaced with highlight song and dance numbers.
I danced wearing borrowed heels that were 2 sizes too big.Answer: True

OCTOBER
2006 QUEENSY QUIZ

Approximately
what percentage of the population of Queens is foreign born?
a) 33 b) 44 c) 55 d) 66Answer:b)
44

When the
Museum of Modern Art temporarily moved to Queens, it was housed
in the former factory of what business?
a) Stella D'Oro b) Buster Brown Shoes c) Swingline Staple d) GAPAnswer:c)
Swingline Staple

From 1948-1963
today's JFK Airport was known as what?Answer: Idlewilde

Name a TV
show that was a spin off of "All in the Family"?Answer:Maude, The Jefferson's, Good
Times, Archie Bunker's Place, Checking In, Gloria, 704 Hauser
Street, and perhaps more

In the 1960s,
Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker) lost out to Alan Hale, Jr. for
the role of what jolly fellow from a popular sitcom? Answer: The Skipper from Gilligan's Island (Skipper's
name was Jonas Grumby)

Extra Credit:
Truth or Truthier?
Goldie Hawn got her start as a can-can dancer in the chorus at
the Texas pavillion in the 1964 World's Fair.Answer: Truesome

AUGUST
2006 SERPICORIAN POLICE QUIZ

New York's
Finest refers to police officers and New York's Bravest refers
to firefighters. Sanitation workers are known as what? a) New
York's Cleanest b) New York's Strongest c) New York's Foulest
d) New York's FeistiestAnswer:b)
New York's Strongest

The jail
known as The Tombs, built in 1835, is the largest receiving area
in the country. The title character of Herman Melville’s
1853 short story "Bartelby the Scrivener" died in the
Tombs. What was Bartelby’s famous phrase? a) Thank you for
your support b) I prefer not to c) The Queen is dead d) No more
yanky my wanky, the Donger need foodAnswer: b) I prefer not to

Which US
President and NYC native (from Gramercy) was once NYC Police Commissioner?
Hint - He is referred to many times in Caleb Carr's "The
Alienist."Answer:Theodore Roosevelt

The first
recorded death of a police officer in the line of duty was in
1854. Since then, approximately how many police officers have
been killed in the line of duty? a) 180 b) 600 c) 2800 d) 9000Answer: b) 600

Extra Credit:
True or False?
Mustaches were once a mandatory part of the uniform for NYC police
officers.Answer: False

Extra Credit:
True or Truer?
According to one popular theory, the term "copper,"
or "cop" was coined in 1845 as a nickname for police
offers because of the star shaped copper badge worn as part of
their uniformAnswer: Truesome

Extra Credit:
True or Trueiest?
Walter Mathau was once a boxing coach for the police department.Answer: Double true

True or
Really True: For over 40 years (1903-1945) premature babies in
incubators were put on display as a sideshow in Coney Island by
Dr. Couney because U.S. hospitals did not have this technology,
nor were they particularly receptive. Charging 25 cents admission
to cover the cost of technology and a nursing staff, Dr. Couney
continued his mission and over 80% of the 8000 babies that came
to him survived. How about that?Answer: Really really true

MAY
2006 HARBOR QUIZ

The Titanic
was scheduled to arrive at Chelsea Piers on April 16, 1912, but
struck an iceberg on April 14. What ship rescued the 675 surviving
passengers (there were 2200 passengers in total) and brought them
safely to Chelsea Piers on April 20? a) Luisitania b) Carpathia
c) Leonardia d) S.S. MinnowAnswer: b) Carpathia

From 1876
to 1884 the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty were on display
in what park to help raise funds to build a suitable base for
the statue? a) Bryant Park b) Central Park c) Madison Square Park
d) Fort Tryon ParkAnswer: c) Madison Square Park

The Simon
and Garfunkel song “Feeling Groovy” is also named
after what East River bridge? Answer: 59th Street Bridge / Queensboro Bridge

What is
the only bridge across the Hudson in Manhattan?Answer:George Washington Bridge

Battery
Park’s Castle Clinton has been utilized as all of the following
except: a) an aquarium b) an immigration center c) Con Edison
plant d) entertainment hallAnswer:c) Con Edison plant

Landfill
has extended the shoreline of lower Manhattan many times. Which
of the following streets was never along the shoreline? a) John
b) Pearl b) Front d) South Answer:a) John

What is
the name of the neighborhood on the East side of Manhattan, lying
along York Avenue between 53rd and 59th Streets? Answer:Sutton Place

Fill in
the blank: Riverside Park, which stretches along the coastline
of Manhattan for four miles, is also the ___________ regional
park in New York City: a) hottest b) greenest c) narrowest d)
ugliestAnswer:c) narrowest

Extra Credit:
Simon and Garfunkel, from Forest Hills, started singing together
in high school under what name? Answer: Tom and Jerry

Extra Extra
Credit: On which “private” island in NYC did I go
to a dance in 8th grade, and slow dance to “Careless Whisper”? Answer: Governors Island

APRIL 2006 BRONX QUIZ

Which now
defunct discount department store opened in 1928 at 3rd Avenue
and 152nd Street, then opened a branch on Fordham Road in 1938
that made more money per square foot than other department store
in the nation, then moved its main store to 59th and Lexington
in 1963?Answer: Alexanders

Prior to
being officially named "The Yankees" in 1913, what was
the team's official name? a) New York Highlanders b) Bronx Ballbusters
c) Eastern Eagles d) New York PinstripesAnswer: a) New York Highlanders

Edgar Allen
Poe spent the last years of his life in the Bronx (1846-1849).
Which of the following was not written by Edgar Allen Poe? a) The Fall of the House of Usher b) The Raven c) The Tao of Poe d) The BellsAnswer: c) The Tao of Poe

Which is
the only NYC borough without a Botanic Garden? Answer: c) Manhattan

Which is
not a neighborhood in the Bronx? a) Tremont b) College Point c)
Mott Haven 4) Spuyten DuyvilAnswer: b) College Point (it's in Queens)

North of
Houston, West Broadway becomes what street?Answer: LaGuardia Place

In "Desperately
Seeking Susan," Rosanna Arquette's character Roberta buys
Madonna's leather jacket from what East Village shop?Answer: Love Saves the Day

Rosanna Arquette's
transsexual brother Alexis (soon to be on the "Surreal Life")
sings Boy George's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"
in what 1998 comedy? (Hint: Steve Buscemi is also in this movie.
Bigger hint: Adam Sandler is in it too.)Answer: "The Wedding Singer"